How To Install NetworkManager-wwan on Rocky Linux 8

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install NetworkManager-wwan on Rocky Linux 8.

What is NetworkManager-wwan

This package contains NetworkManager support for mobile broadband (WWAN) devices.

We can use yum or dnf to install NetworkManager-wwan on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install NetworkManager-wwan.

Install NetworkManager-wwan on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install NetworkManager-wwan using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install NetworkManager-wwan

Install NetworkManager-wwan on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install NetworkManager-wwan using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install NetworkManager-wwan

How To Uninstall NetworkManager-wwan on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the NetworkManager-wwan package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove NetworkManager-wwan

NetworkManager-wwan Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/45
/usr/lib/.build-id/45/cc62d642e753d28cc9fa78955a6a5c1b0f5daf
/usr/lib/.build-id/da
/usr/lib/.build-id/da/17675db1672f862e7f5270fd21859fd7b95197
/usr/lib64/NetworkManager/1.30.0-7.el8/libnm-device-plugin-wwan.so
/usr/lib64/NetworkManager/1.30.0-7.el8/libnm-wwan.so
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/8e
/usr/lib/.build-id/8e/5808d9f9aca16a040765023c6b9cbd1bf76c49
/usr/lib/.build-id/b6
/usr/lib/.build-id/b6/d9393f9135075b76cd011f69f817307a09ce5b
/usr/lib64/NetworkManager/1.30.0-9.el8_4/libnm-device-plugin-wwan.so
/usr/lib64/NetworkManager/1.30.0-9.el8_4/libnm-wwan.so

References

• NetworkManager-wwan website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install NetworkManager-wwan on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.